Motel Clerk Robbed, Office Ransacked

March 29, 1987

HOLLYWOOD -- A clerk in a motel in the 1100 block of South Federal Highway was robbed of $190 Wednesday by a man who asked for a room, police said. The man first complained the price of a room was too high, then left the office, police said.

He returned through a back door and hit the clerk on the head, knocking him out, police said. The man ransacked the back office and took the money, police said.